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Overview

Kevin L. O'Hara is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on forest ecology and management as well as plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

The main areas of study covered in their work include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broader field, their research touches on several subfields, notably:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science

Kevin L. O'Hara's work encompasses a range of topics, with particular attention to:

  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Their publication record includes contributions to multiple peer-reviewed journals, including:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Forests
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kevin L. O'Hara include:

  • "Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database," 2022, Global Change Biology
  • "Bark Thickness in Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens (D.Don) Endl.) Varies According to Tree- and Crown Size, Stand Structure, Latitude and Genotype," 2020, Forests
  • "The global spectrum of tree crown architecture," 2025, Nature Communications
  • "Enhancing the Focus: How Does Parental Incarceration Fit into the Overall Picture of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs)?," 2023, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • "Carbon and biomass models for five Sierra Nevada mixed conifer species," 2023, Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • John J. Battles
  • Tommaso Jucker
  • Fabian Jörg Fischer
  • David A. Coomes
  • John P. Caspersen

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Planted forests and biodiversity.

    Jean-Michel Carnus;John Parrotta;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Michel Arbez

  • An Ecosystem Management Strategy for Sierran Mixed-Conifer Forests

    Malcolm North;Peter Stine;Kevin O'Hara;William Zielinski

  • Silviculture in an uncertain world: utilizing multi-aged management systems to integrate disturbance

    Kevin L. O'Hara;Benjamin S. Ramage

  • SILVICULTURE FOR STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY : A NEW LOOK AT MULTIAGED SYSTEMS

    Kevin L. O'Hara

  • BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants

    Daniel S. Falster;Remko A. Duursma;Masae I. Ishihara;Diego R. Barneche

  • Dynamics and Stocking-Level Relationships of Multi-Aged Ponderosa Pine Stands

    Kevin L. O'Hara

  • What is close-to-nature silviculture in a changing world?

    Kevin L. O'Hara

  • Regeneration growth in different light environments of mixed species, multiaged, mountainous forests of Romania

    Petru Tudor Stancioiu;Kevin L. O’Hara

  • Multiaged silviculture : managing for complex forest stand structures

    Kevin L. O'Hara

  • The silviculture of transformation — a commentary

    Kevin L O’Hara

  • Presettlement and modern disturbance regimes in coast redwood forests: Implications for the conservation of old-growth stands

    Craig G. Lorimer;Daniel J. Porter;Mary Ann Madej;John D. Stuart

  • Height:Diameter Ratios and Stability Relationships for Four Northern Rocky Mountain Tree Species

    Hagan T. Wonn;Kevin L. O'Hara

  • A structural classification for inland northwest forest vegetation.

    Kevin L. O''Hara;Penelope A. Latham;Paul Hessburg;Bradley G. Smith

  • Stand structure and growing space efficiency following thinning in an even-aged Douglas-fir stand

    K. L. O'Hara

  • Stocking control concepts in uneven-aged silviculture

    Kevin L. O’Hara;Rolf F. Gersonde

  • The historical development of uneven-aged silviculture in North America

    Kevin L. O'Hara

  • Quantifying Stand Targets for Silvicultural Prevention of Crown Fires

    Christopher R. Keyes;Kevin L. O'Hara

  • Silvicultural strategies in forest ecosystems affected by introduced pests

    Kristen M. Waring;Kevin L. O’Hara

  • Sustainability in multi-aged stands: an analysis of long-term plenter systems

    Kevin L. O'hara;Hubert Hasenauer;Georg Kindermann

  • Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database

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Frequent Co-Authors

Scott L. Stephens
Scott L. Stephens University of California, Berkeley
John A. Parrotta
John A. Parrotta US Forest Service
John J. Battles
John J. Battles University of California, Berkeley
Hugh D. Safford
Hugh D. Safford University of California, Davis
Paul F. Hessburg
Paul F. Hessburg United States Department of Agriculture
Douglas A. Maguire
Douglas A. Maguire Oregon State University
James N. Long
James N. Long Utah State University
Phillip J. van Mantgem
Phillip J. van Mantgem United States Geological Survey
Michael Battaglia
Michael Battaglia Agriculture and Food
Eric J. Jokela
Eric J. Jokela University of Florida

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